The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu (SMBSP) contracted ENTRUST to conduct a full scale evaluation of all the International Trade Points in Egypt.  The assessment covered the cost effectiveness of their functions, the adequacy of their physical, financial and human resources, the appropriateness of their operational, service delivery and information systems, in addition to their performance levels and the degree of client satisfaction, which were analyzed and benchmarked against international actors.  The evaluation proposed restructuring measures to improve the performance and the relevance of the services provided.  The recommendations were adopted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and efforts are currently underway to restructure the International Trade Points along the lines suggested by ENTRUST.

ENTRUST fielded a multidisciplinary team to conduct a rapid assessment of the International Trade Point in Alexandria.  The purpose of the assignment was to develop interventions to enhance the capacity of ITPs as well as develop a blueprint to establish new ones in other governorates.  Based on the results of the assessment, H.E. the Minister of Foreign Trade, together with Deloitte & Touche, decided to contract ENTRUST to conduct a full-blown assessment of all the International Trade Points in Egypt.

Fielded a multidisciplinary team of experts to identify the different types and basic components of investment maps, identified, reviewed and assessed data sources that can be utilized in developing and updating the map, and developed an outline for the investment map to be adopted by the Project.

Subcontracted by Deloitte & Touche to conduct a survey on the services provided by the African Development Bank's Private Sector Operations Department.  The survey covered fourteen organizations selected from amongst government organizations, ministries, financial institutions and business organizations.